My Toxic Ex-Wife: BOSS, Stay Away！-Chapter 485 - 495 Lonely Men and Women

Regret? Does she dare to regret?

Shi Yi snorted inwardly, fearing she wouldn’t even have the chance before Feng Chengyu threw her to the dogs.

"What you need to do is very simple, just come back with me once a month."

"Just that?" Shi Yi asked suspiciously.

"What else do you want to do?" The man’s gaze swept coldly over Shi Yi’s face, "Don’t worry, I’m not interested in you."

"It better be that way." Shi Yi gradually let down her guard and paused, "How long? You’re not expecting me to pretend to be your girlfriend for life, are you?"

"You’re thinking too highly of yourself." The man retorted mercilessly.

Shi Yi wasn’t discouraged by his words; she chuckled softly, "That’s for the best."

She couldn’t wait for Feng Chengyu to find a new partner sooner so that this matter would be over.

"Besides that, Mr. Feng, do you have any other instructions? If not, I’ll be leaving first." Seeing that Feng Chengyu had nothing more to say, Shi Yi turned and walked towards the study door.

But when she reached for the doorknob, she found it was locked. Unwilling to give up, she tried again, but the result was the same.

Shi Yi thought the lock was broken. She glanced at Feng Chengyu behind her, about to ask for help, but he only gave the doorknob a cold look.

"It’s useless."

"What do you mean by ’useless’?"

"We probably won’t get out until tomorrow morning." As Shi Yi turned the knob, Feng Chengyu noticed the tampered lock and could easily guess who had done it.

At this moment, the old lady, having finished her "mischief," was tiptoeing back to her room. Her steps were so light and quick that if not for Chu Yan’s quick reflexes, she would have almost fallen.

"Madam, what are you..." Chu Yan asked confusedly upon seeing the old lady sneaking around.

"Shh..." The old lady gestured for silence, then glanced mysteriously towards the study, "Ayu is bonding with his granddaughter-in-law, don’t disturb them!" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Bonding?

Chu Yan’s jaw almost dropped. Shi Yi and the boss? How could it be?

"Madam, Shi Yi and the boss are not..."

"Shh! Keep your voice down! My little gold grandson might get scared away. Come, come, let’s talk in my room." The old lady pulled Chu Yan, disappearing down the long corridor in moments.

...

Shi Yi struggled with the lock for a long time but couldn’t open the door and eventually had to give up.

She looked over at Feng Chengyu behind the desk, asking persistently, "Were you serious? We can’t get out until tomorrow morning? Isn’t there any other way? Can’t we call a locksmith? Surely a locksmith can handle a broken door?"

"If you think it’s feasible, you can try." The man said while taking a book from the shelf and started reading on his own.

Noticing Feng Chengyu’s indifferent attitude, Shi Yi knew it was useless to rely on him. She took out her phone, intending to call a locksmith herself.

But to her dismay, her phone suddenly lost signal. Shi Yi thought it was a malfunction and restarted it, but still, there was no signal.

"How could this be? It was working just now." Shi Yi muttered to herself in confusion.

After trying for a long time, she gave up and looked at Feng Chengyu nearby, "Can I borrow your phone?"

Feng Chengyu kept his eyes on the book without looking up. Just as Shi Yi was about to run out of patience, he said coolly, "It’s useless. Since grandma decided to trap us here, she must have cut off all escape routes."

"Grandma? You mean this is all the old lady’s doing?" Shi Yi couldn’t believe it, thinking that the gray-haired old lady could do such a thing.

"She’s capable of much more."

Sitting firmly as the Feng Family matriarch and leading them through storms, she was no ordinary woman.

Of course, Shi Yi didn’t know all this, and she had no interest in delving deeper into the matriarch’s story. All she wanted now was to get out of here as quickly as possible.

"Why did your grandma lock us in here?" Shi Yi couldn’t figure it out.

"What do you think?" The man looked up from his book and gave her a deep look, "A man and a woman alone together, what do you think could happen?"

His words were blunt, leaving no room for doubt. Shi Yi instantly grasped his meaning.

She coughed awkwardly and forced a smile, "Your grandma is really considerate. So, what do we do now?"

"Wait."

"?"

"The door will open itself by tomorrow morning."

"But I have things to do this afternoon." Shi Yi insisted.

Feng Chengyu ignored her and continued reading, leaving Shi Yi pacing frantically like an ant on a hot pan. Time seemed to stretch infinitely. By nightfall, Shi Yi felt as if she had been there for an eternity.

She hadn’t eaten anything since noon to stay away from Feng Chengyu. By evening, her stomach started growling. She thought, even if the old lady wanted something to happen between them, she wouldn’t let them starve, right?

But she was wrong. She waited and waited, but the study door remained firmly closed. Starving and frustrated, she had nowhere to vent her anger.

After an indeterminate time, Shi Yi dozed off on a chair.

She was awakened by the aroma of food. Rubbing her eyes, she saw several dishes on the table that appeared out of nowhere.

"When did this food arrive?"

"Ten minutes ago," the man said expressionlessly.

Shi Yi instinctively looked at the door, still tightly shut, and asked angrily, "Then why didn’t you leave earlier?"

"No need."

"What do you mean ’no need’? Even if you didn’t want to leave, you could’ve woken me up! Do you really want to be locked here with me?"

"As long as grandma is happy, what does it matter?"

Shi Yi was so angered by his words that she nearly passed out. She stared at him like he was a monster, wondering if his brain worked differently from normal people. Even filial piety had its limits, right?

Deciding not to argue with this man, Shi Yi glanced at the food on the table, reminding herself that no matter how upset she was, she shouldn’t neglect her stomach.

Resigning herself, she thought, since the old lady insisted on locking them up together, so be it. After all, nothing would happen between her and Feng Chengyu.

But the old lady was not someone who would let things go her way.